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Sworn to Secrecy: Canadians on Radar, 1940-1945
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AMES Group # in North Africa
19 of 31 		Many Canadians were stationed overseas with the RAF, including in Southest Asia
20 of 31 		Maintaining the equipment on the radar towers meant climbing when necessary, even in rain and snow!
21 of 31 		The Filter Room in St. Johns, Newfoundland kept track of activity on Canada's east coast
22 of 31 		Trying out the ski hill at Gander, NL, was a welcome adventure on occasional days off
23 of 31 		Food delivery could be delayed by poor weather at isolated stations, but there were plenty of fish!
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Newpaper clipping about radar veteran John N. Given and his brothers
25 of 31 		The most northerly B.C. radar station was located at Langara Island, in the Queen Charlotte Islands
26 of 31 		Radar mechanics in front of guard house at RCAF Leeming
27 of 31 		WAAF operator Jan Bates participated in this RAF Victory Parade at the end of the war
28 of 31 		Radar mechanics on H.M.T. 'Ile de France' on their way home from England
29 of 31 		Several WWII radar men continued to serve in the RCAF after the war, including as instructors.
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W/C K.R. Patrick and radar inventor Sir Robert Watson-Watt at a BBQ in Canada after the war
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